Ram Pravesh Yadav @ Ram Pravesh Sah @ Ram Pravesh Gond v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27876 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2026 Thana- KUCHAIKOTE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Ram Pravesh Yadav @ Ram Pravesh Sah @ Ram Pravesh Gond S/o Hareshar Sah Resident of Village - Bharatiya Baluan Sagar, P.S -Vishambharpur, District - Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pankaj Kumar Dubey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 29-04-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. Case No. 101 of 2026 for the offence under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 27.02.2026 by the informant, Manish Kumar Singh.

3. As per the prosecution story, the Police, on secret information, reached the place and though the accused managed to escape, from the sack, there is recovery/seizure of 272 liters of country-made liquor. The chowkidar identified the person who escaped, petitioner included. This led to the FIR.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that admittedly, recovery/seizure is from an open place and not from

2/4 his conscious possession and only because of criminal antecedent got implicated. The last submission is that without accepting the allegation and/or the outcome of the present case, the petitioner intends to contribute Rs. 5,000/- to the District Legal Services Authority, Gopalganj for putting up flower pots in the Civil Court Campus of Gopalganj Judgeship through Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India.

5. Further, learned counsel for the petitioner relied on the judgment of the Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 wherein it has been held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76(2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.

6. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that he has one criminal antecedent.

7. Taking into account the submissions of the parties and the judgment in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra), as also that recovery is from an open place and not from his

3/4 conscious possession, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions subject to payment of Rs. 5,000/- to the District Legal Services Authority, Gopalganj for putting up flower pots in the Civil Court Campus of Gopalganj Judgeship through Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India and the receipt of the expenditure shall be submitted to the trial Court by the DLSA, Gopalganj.

8. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Session Judge IV cum Exclusive special Judge Excise Court II, Gopalganj in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. Case No. 101 of 2026 subject to the following conditions:

(i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;

(ii) the petitioner shall be appearing before the Police Station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation;

4/4 (iii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself;

(iv) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for six months to mark his attendance and after the end of the period, the certificate shall be submitted before the Trial Court failing which steps shall be taken for the cancellation of the bail bonds; (v) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;

(vi) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds.

9. A copy of the order be sent to the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Gopalganj for his/her perusal and needful. (Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U T